Monday, March 11, 2013

You Will Be My Son

Not since Claude Berri’s Jean de Florette and
sequel Manon of the Spring 25 years ago has there been as tragic and
powerful father/son drama as Writer/Director Gilles Legrand’s You
Will Be My Son.

Niels Arestrup (War Horse) is Paul de Marseul, a
wine-baron in France’s Bordeaux region, who rules his vineyards with an iron
hand.With his manager (Patrick Chesnais)
dying of cancer, Paul’s thoughts turn to who will take over the business, when
he, himself, passes on.

Instead of his son Martin (Lorànt Deutsch), who by French law should inherit, Paul wants to pass the
vineyards on to his manager’s son Phillipe (Nicolas Bridet) even if it means he
must adopt him.This sets up
passions of Shakespearean proportions.

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With top-rate acting by all involved and beautiful
cinematography by Yves Angelo, You Will Be My Son is well worth the
view.

I give it a 3+ out of 5.

This film closed the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at
Lincoln Center and, aptly, it was followed with a wine party.

About Me

Brian Porzak: I am a cinephile who likes to view films with a live audience. My taste runs the gamut, including indies, studio films, foreign films and most all genres. Because I see so many films, friends often ask me what to see. So, I thought I'd blog about what is worth seeing or not. As a writer/filmmaker myself, I hope to give a more uplifting perspective than the typical critic. Filmmaking is tremendously difficult. Just because some problems might exist in a particular work does not, necessarily, destroy its enjoyability and I think that is necessary to point out to would-be viewers.
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